Joint for bath tubs and the like



G.v sAKlER JOINT FOR BATHTUBS AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. :5,I 1937 lllllll A M ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 224, 1,939

i 2,145,215 Jom'r Fon para 'runs AND 'm11 Lum- George Sakier, NewYork, N. Y., assigner toThe l Accessories Company, Inc., New-York, N. Y., a corporation vof Delaware Application Amst 3, '1937, serna- No. 157,139

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My invention relates to improvements in plumbing fixturesand the same has for its object to -provide a simple, emcient and inexpensive device for forming a fluid-tight joint between -the wall portions of a room or any othervertical support and the edges of a bath tub, lavatory. sink, wash tub or analogous article disposed adjacent such wall or support.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a construction including a panel, and means partly secured to said panel adjacent an edge thereof, and partly engaging with the free edge of said panel and the upper side of the flange of a bath tub or other article and forming a fluid-tight joint thereat.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a construction including a relatively thin panel having its inner or lower edge embraced by a molding strip engaging the upper side of the flange of a bath tub or other article and an angular member at the rear side of said panel having its depending portion extending between the edge of the bath tub rim and the wall adjacent thereto to hold the several parts duly positioned and secured in place to form a fluid-tight joint.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a construction including a sheet metal panel having an angularly flangedl strip secured to the rear side of the panel adjacent its inner or free edge, and having a vertical depending free portion extending between the edge of the bath tub rim and the wall adjacent thereto, and the edge of the panel extending into a molding member intimately engaging the upper side of the bath tub rim, and the whole forming a iiuidtight joint.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel features of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a front view showing a bath tub with one form of joint Vapplied thereto constructed according to, and embodying my said invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section, in perspective on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail front view partly broken away and in section showing the relative disposition of the several cooperating parts forming the joint.

(Cl. 2li-74) In said drawing ILdesignates an enamel or other well-known form of bath tub having a flange I I along its rear upper and side edges terminating in upwardly and downwardly extending rim portions I2, I3, respectively.

I4 denotes a wall preferably formed `of sheet metal panels I5 having their inner edges cut away at I6 to conform to the general contour of the bath tub, and to lbe received withinthe longitudinal groove II of a molding strip I8. The l0 said molding strip I8 is substantially quadrantshaped in cross-section and preferably made of rubber or otlfr suitable pliable or flexible material or metal.

Upon the rear side of each panel I5, adjacent l5 to and inwardly of its inner edges is disposed a z-bar or securing member I9 which has its upwardly or outwardly extending'member 20 welded, soldered, riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to its panel member, and its in ner or depending 20 member 2| extending downwardly between the rim portion I2, I3 of the tub and the adjacent permanent wall portion 23 of the room. The horizontal memberor web 22 of the Z-bar is preferably maintained in vertically spaced relation to 25 the upper edge of the tub rim I2 in order to provide a space which may be filled with any suitable cement or plastic 24 to form a solid, fluid-tight connection between the several parts constituting the joint.

The side panels I5 adjoining the opposite ends of the tub III have their vertical edges cut away and conformed to the general contour of the ends of the tub, and are similarly provided adjacent their cut-away portions with Z-bars whose 35 members 2| are inserted between the rim of the l tub and adjacent wall portion of the room, and the cut-out edges of said side panels I5 disposed within the longitudinal groove I1 of the downwardly extending ends I8n of the molding strip I8, 4 which ends are conformed to and engage the outer surfaces of the tub flanges.

The vertical edges of the panels are provided with suitable overlapping joints 25, and the panels I5 may be secured at their upper portions to the wall or other support in any convenient manner, as, for example, by screws 26.

Having thus described my said invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 50

1. A joint of the character described for bath tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip adapted to engage with the rim portions of the bath tub and having a longitudinal recess therein, a wall member or panel having its inner Il edge disposed within said longitudinal recon. andasecuringmemberatthehackoisaidwall member or panel integral therewith and having a projecting portion extending between the edge or the bath tub and the-room wall adjacent thereto; the free edge o! said projecting portion ter- .minating in a plane beyond the inner edge of said wall member or panel.

2. A jointoi' the character described for bath 'tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip oi' resilient material adapted to engage with the rim portions oi a bath tub rim and having a longitudinal recess therein, a wall member or panel having its inner edge disposed within said longitudinal recess, and a securing member ilxed to the back oi said wall member or panel adjacent its connned edge and extending rearwardly therefrom and downwardly between the edge of the bath tub rim and the room wall adjacent thereto.

3. A joint of the character described for bath tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip of pliable, resilientmaterial adapted tonn- 'Sage with the rim portions of a bath tub rim and having a longitudinal recess therein, a wall member or panel having its inner edge disposed within said longitudinal recess, and an angular securing member 'at the back of said wall member or panel integral therewith and having a depending portion arranged parallel and in spaced relation thereto and extending between the edges of the tub rim and the room wall adjacent thereto.

4. A joint oi the character described for bath tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip of pliable material adapted to engage with the rim portions of a bath tub rim and having a longitudinal recess therein, a wall member or panel having its inner edge disposed within said longitudinal recess, an angular securing member at the back of said member or panel having a depending portion arranged parallel and in spaced relation thereto and extending downwardly between the edge o1' the tub rim and the room wall adjacent thereto, and a cement liing interposed between said angular securing member and said tub rim, wall member and'molding strip- 5. A joint of the character described for bath tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip of pliable material adapted to engage with the rim portion oi' a bath tub and having a longitudinal slot therein, a wall member or panel having its inner edge disposed within said longitudi- `nal recess, and a securing member of Z shape having one oi its ilanges secured to the rear of said wall member or panel adjacent to the edge thereof and its other flange extending downwardly between the rim of the bath tub and the room wall adjacent thereto. a

6. A joint oi the character described for bath tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip of pliable material adapted to engage with the rim portions of a bath tub and having a longitudinal slot therein, a wall member or panel having its inner edge disposed within said longitudinal recess, and a securing member of Z shape having one of its flanges secured to the rear of said wall member or panel adjacent to the edge thereof and its other ilange extending downwardly between the rim of the bath tub and the room wall adjacent thereto with its free edge terminating in a plane parallel with and beyond the inner edge of said wall member or panel.

7. A joint oi' the character described for bath tubs and analogous articles comprising a molding strip of pliable material adapted to engage with the rim portions of a bath tub and having a longitudinal slot therein, a. wall member or panel having its inner edge disposed within said longil tudinal recess, a securing member of Z shape having one of its flanges secured to the rear of. 

